Roy Gordon

James Roycroft Gordon (26 May 1898 – 4 April 1980) was a Canadian chemist and a research metallurgist who rose to become President of Inco Limited.

Early years and military service James Roycroft Gordon was born a Methodist in 1898 near Kingston, Ontario.

Career In 1936 he became associated with Inco as Director of the newly established Research Department at Copper Cliff.

Gordon was at one time or another, President and a Director of the Ontario Mining Association, President and a Director of Whitehead Metal Products, a Director of Canada Life Assurance, Page-Hersey Tubes, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and the Toronto General Trusts.

In December 1967 INCO inaugurated the J. Roy Gordon laboratory in Sheridan Park for its research in extractive metallurgy. By 2002 it had developed into a jewel responsible for many of the recent innovations in the field.